Facility details
- Address
- 17621 Scofield Ave
Shafter, CA 93263 - Phone
- (661) 862-8900
- Website
- kerncountywaste.com
- Facility type
- Landfill
- County
- Kern County
- EPA Region
- 9
- Data sources
- EPA
- Last verified
- 2026-10-09
EPA record
Listed in the EPA Facility Registry: 110061009821, 110070662953
Programs on file: LMOP 275 · RCRA hazardous-waste handler CAC003035225
Interest types: LANDFILL GAS (LFG) RECOVERY
EPA record updated 2015-01-21
EPA LMOP landfill data
- Status
- Open
- Opened / Projected closure
- 1972 / 2056 (projected)
- Ownership
- Public · Kern County, CA
- Waste in place
- 3,164,654 tons (as of 2009)
- Design capacity
- 24,139,435 tons
- Annual acceptance
- 141,456 tons per year
- Landfill gas collection
- Yes
Source: EPA LMOP, Sep 2024
About this facility
A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill is an engineered disposal site where household, commercial and some construction waste is weighed in at a scale house, tipped, compacted and covered with soil or an approved alternative at the end of each operating day. Modern landfills are lined and monitored, and many capture landfill gas. Some landfills accept self-haul loads from residents and small businesses; others take only contracted hauler or commercial loads. Fees are usually charged by the ton or by the load. Hours, fees and accepted materials vary — call ahead.
Typically accepted at landfills
- Household trash
- Bulky items and furniture
- Construction and demolition debris
- Yard waste (at many sites)
- Tires (often by appointment or for a fee)
Hours, fees and accepted materials vary by site — call ahead before hauling a load.
Nearby facilities
- JS Martin Transfer Station Transfer Station 6.6 mi · Wasco, CA
- Triple Hhh Recycling Recycling 7.3 mi · Wasco, CA
- Buttonwillow Transfer Station Transfer Station 7.8 mi · Buttonwillow, CA
- R & F Disposal & Recycling Recycling 14.5 mi · Mc Farland, CA
- McFarland-Delano Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.7 mi · Delano, CA
- McFarland-Delano SLF Landfill 17.8 mi · Delano, CA
- McFarland-Delano Recycling / Transfer Station Transfer Station 17.9 mi · Delano, CA
- Fortune Metal Recycling 18.6 mi · Bakersfield, CA
- Valley Tree & Construction Disposal Site Landfill 18.6 mi · Bakersfield, CA
- McKittrick Waste Treatment Site Transfer Station 19.9 mi · Mc Kittrick, CA
Nearest other landfill: McFarland-Delano SLF, Delano — 17.8 mi
Area served
Serves Buttonwillow, Shafter, Wasco, Bakersfield, Tupman.
County context
One of 19 landfills in Kern County, CA.
ZIP 93263 population 23,423.
California solid-waste agency: CalRecycle